CELDT 2

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EARLY INTERMEDIATE (3 months to a year)

Student Behaviors
Listening
 Speaking
 Reading
 Writing
  • follows oral directions without modeling
  • responds to open-ended question
  • speaks simple sentences
  • retells events
  • frequent grammatical errors in speech
  • reads basic vocabulary
  • may read simple sentences
  • may read picture or pattern books
 copies words or simple sentences
  • may label items in a drawing


Teacher Strategies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPs7sOJ87yM
  1. Reading
    • books with vivid illustrations
    • predictable sentence structures
    • Interactive journal writing
    • model writing using student's own words
      Direct instruction of key vocabulary
    • Collaborative chart stories
    • Buddy readers
    • Chorally read
  2. Listening
    • Write directions on charts/Ask students to model directions
    • Check for understanding - hand signals
  3. Speaking
    • Ask CLOZE questions
    • Ask open ended question
    • Collaborative interviews
    • Tap prior knowledge
    • Model appropriate speech
    • Mirror speech back to students
    • Provide interactive word games - fluency
  4. Writing
    • Interactive journal writing
    • Encourage invented spelling
    • Language experience approach